Publishers / DC / Flippity & Flop (1951) / #40
40June-July 1958
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Flippity & Flop #40

DC · June-July 1958 · on sale 1958-04-03

First appearance: John L.
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Identification plate

Series
Flippity & Flop (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#40
Publication date
June-July 1958
Key date
1958-06-00
On-sale date
1958-04-03
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of John L. - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jim Davis; inks: Jim DavisFlippity, Flop, Sam
2-comic story6script: Alpine Harper, Cecil Beard; pencils: Jim Davis; inks: Jim DavisFlippity, Flop, Sam
3Can You Find 6 Musical Instrumentsactivity0.67script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
5Fun Shopactivity2script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
6-comic story6script: Alpine Harper, Cecil Beard; pencils: Jim Davis; inks: Jim DavisFlippity, Flop, Sam
7Nature's Prize Pupil!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira Schnapp
9-comic story6script: Cecil Beard, Alpine Harper; pencils: Jim Davis; inks: Jim DavisDog, Twaddle, Twiddle
10The Championtext story1letters: typeset
11-activity0.5script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
13-comic story6script: Alpine Harper, Cecil Beard; pencils: Jim Davis; inks: Jim DavisFlippity, Flop, John L. First, Sam

Plus 5.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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